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Old 03-03-2008 | 08:00 PM
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simple trunklid display

I wanted to spice up the underside of my trunklid a little bit for shows. I had my friend cut the metal plaque piece on a waterjet and then had it powdercoated. I had my other friend fiberglass me a new underside trunklid piece using the oem carpet piece to help shape it. The metal plaque now sits inlayed into the underside trunklid piece, pretty flush.

Here we are shaping the fleece

Here is the piece on the trunk with the fleece ready for resin. You can see where the metal plaque will sit inlayed.

Here it is, after it has hardened. We wrapped it in the same carpet as what comes on the 4080 sub box.


Test fit of the plaque in the space.


This angle shows how flush it sits in its space


Here is the final revision. Added white behind the plaque to match the car. It's hard to see the curves and depth of the piece in pictures...you can realize it better in real life

 
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Old 03-03-2008 | 08:03 PM
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Very cool idea...I think you should add more to it...Lighting maybe, or something to make it stand out...
 
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Old 03-03-2008 | 08:04 PM
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looks nice! but yea what corvettekid said..i think like a white neon outline will look sweet
 
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Old 03-03-2008 | 08:05 PM
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looks nice! but yea what corvettekid said..i think like a white neon outline will look sweet
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Old 03-04-2008 | 12:32 AM
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Look great!!!

Agree, back lighting neon would look nice too
 
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Old 03-04-2008 | 12:33 AM
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Wow that is very clean. Awesome idea.
 
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Old 03-04-2008 | 12:36 AM
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very nice
 
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Old 03-04-2008 | 12:39 AM
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looks really good.

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Old 03-04-2008 | 01:25 AM
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Great job. Clean install. Very tastefully done.
 
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Old 03-04-2008 | 06:59 AM
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Great job, Nolan.
 
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Old 03-04-2008 | 08:50 AM
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nice and clean
 
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Old 03-04-2008 | 08:25 PM
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Very Nice and Clean Look...Like everyone else said put some LED's in it and it will look better, specially at nite.
 
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Old 03-04-2008 | 08:40 PM
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hehe... You've got some good friends...
 
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Old 03-05-2008 | 08:02 PM
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Dude you're in AUG and im in ATL! How much will this cost?
 
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Old 03-06-2008 | 02:17 PM
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that is extremely classy and very unique i am very impressed i like it a lot.
 


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